Listening from a Distance
Active listening to passive seismic pays off for shale plays. The past decade has seen a major transformation in gas production in the United States, driven mainly by the development…
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Mighty Thoughts of Small: Nanotechnology for Upstream Applications
From opening new doors in the understanding of gas flow in low permeability shale packages to reservoir monitoring and enhanced recovery, nanotechnology’s potential is huge. Something that we are all…
Inspired by Technology
Technology take-up and looking for new ways of doing things has been the driving force for Kitty Hall, one of only a handful of female CEOs in the world of…
PROSPEX: It’s All About Deals & Networking
Mike Bowman, Head of Geoscience for BP until 2010, and now Professor of Development and Production Geology at Manchester University, is President-Elect of the UK-based PESGB (Petroleum Society of Great…
Marine Seismic Sources Part VIII: Fish Hear A Great Deal
To understand how human-generated sounds affect fish it is necessary to understand how and what fish can hear, and how they respond to different types of sounds. The majority of…
Making a Humanitarian Difference
The mission of ‘Geoscientists Without Borders’ is to connect young geoscientists, academia and the industry with projects that will benefit people and the environment around the world. “The vision of…
Negotiating the Oil Industry
Chris Moyes, who has over 40 years experience in the energy sector, is President of the Association of International Petroleum Negotiators (AIPN), an independent professional membership association supporting international energy…
Marine Seismic Sources Part VI: High Frequency Signals From Air-Guns
Only a few studies have been published which describe measurements of the air-gun signals in the kilohertz (kHz) frequency range. In this article we propose and discuss models for the…
Charting a New Course in Seismic Imaging
With his training in electrical engineering as a foundation, Eldad Weiss, Chief Executive Officer of Paradigm, has taken a methodical, logical approach to growing his business from a niche provider…
History Carved Out of the Deccan Traps
Ancient cave temples carved out of the Deccan basalts are some of the best places to view both the world-renowned Deccan Traps and the Indian mythology narrated on these rocks.…
Mining Heat
Since the time of the Romans, Cornwall, in the extreme southwest of the UK, has been known for mining minerals, especially tin. Could the future of this region be in…
Grabbing a Larger Share of the Market
It’s time consuming. It’s expensive. But when it comes to accuracy and quality, it’s surpassed by no other technology, the innovator claims. “While we initially considered shear waves to be…